Grant Drumheller, Professor of Art, travels to Italy

In June, Professor Grant Drumheller, Department of Art and Art History, traveled to Italy where he explored archaeological sites, taking photos and making sketches for future paintings

Numerical modelling of the behaviour of a stainless steel portal frame subjected to fire

It is known that stainless steel has a better fire performance than carbon steel, which can lead to a growing utilization of this kind of steel in structures. In fact, although more expensive than the carbon steel, structures in stainless steel can be competitive because of its smaller thermal protection need. With the purpose of modelling by Finite Element Method the behaviour of a stainless steel framed structure, without any protection, submitted to fire, has been introduced in the SAFIR program, the material properties of the stainless steel. SAFIR is a finite element program with geometrical and material non-linear analysis, specially developed in the University of Liège for studying structures subjected to fire. The thermal and mechanical properties of the stainless steel, introduced in the SAFIR program are temperature dependent, according to the Eurocode 3. The stress strain relationship, the thermal conductivity and the specific heat are the most important material properties for the structure analysis at high temperatures. These properties in stainless steel are considerable different from carbon steel. The behaviour of the structure will be compared in the two different materials: stainless steel 1.4301 (also known as 304) and carbon steel S235. The benefits of using stainless steel in the fire resistance of the structure, which is 3 times higher than the one obtained with carbon steel, avoiding any fire protection material needed to fulfil the necessary fire requirements will be shown

Antiquarianism

The aim of this entry is to provide a definition for Renaissance antiquarianism as a cultural phenomenon that influenced the way the past was interpreted between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. This cultural pathway represented a methodological perspective which involved the cross-referencing of heterogeneous sources, strongly linked to mankind’s perception of time, and which helped to shape historical consciousness. The focus then turns to the history of the phenomenon and an explanation of its methodology

A risk management approach to capital allocation

The European insurance sector will soon be faced with the application of Solvency 2 regulation norms. It will create a real change in risk management practices. The ORSA approach of the second pillar makes the capital allocation an important exercise for all insurers and specially for groups. Considering multi-branches firms, capital allocation has to be based on a multivariate risk modeling. Several allocation methods are present in the literature and insurers practices. In this paper, we present a new risk allocation method, we study its coherence using an axiomatic approach, and we try to define what the best allocation choice for an insurance group is

Impact of dependence on some multivariate risk indicators

International audienceThe minimization of some multivariate risk indicators may be used as an allocation method, as proposed in Cénac et al. [6]. The aim of capital allocation is to choose a point in a simplex, according to a given criterion. In a previous paper [17] we proved that the proposed allocation technique satisfies a set of coherence axioms. In the present one, we study the properties and asymptotic behavior of the allocation for some distribution models. We analyze also the impact of the dependence structure on the allocation using some copulas

2017 Undergraduate Research Symposium: Full Program

Full program with schedule and abstracts for the 2017 Undergraduate Research Symposium

I and the Village: Nostalgia for a Homeland in Yiddish Art and Literature

This paper addresses nostalgia for the lost homeland of nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewry, whose state of exile and lack of national boundaries problematized this complex notion. It focuses on Marc Chagall’s 1911 painting I and the Village. The painting is viewed, both critically and popularly, as a fantastical image of Chagall’s childhood home in a predominantly Jewish town in Eastern Europe, otherwise known as the shtetl. Yet it is more than a personal expression of memory and loss. Its transfiguration of the past into an idyllic world relates to traditional Judaic notions of remembrance found in sacred texts, Walter Benjamin’s reconciliation of these notions with modernist thought, and the birth of modern Yiddish literature in the nineteenth century. Through nostalgic depictions in literature and art, the shtetl was brought to the popular imagination at the moment of its historical dissolution. These fictional representations offered a terrain that could not be confiscated and a space, inseparable from the past, in which historical transformation could occur. In this respect, nostalgia captured the paradox of the twentieth-century Jewish experience as an historical process; that is, the dissolution of and longing for a traditional way of life, and the transfiguration of this life into the modern age

Cross-cultural solutions volunteer handbook

Alexa worked with Cross-Cultural Solutions to design and create a handbook that could prepare volunteers for their experience abroad. By using her personal experience abroad at El Pueblito, an orphanage in Cartago, Costa Rica, Alexa was able to compile resources and information that would be useful for a first-time volunteer to make the most out of their experience and to make sure they are prepared for working with the children. The final product is an interactive PDF handbook and an accompanying classroom activity bank on Pinterest that can be accessed digitally by CCS volunteers worldwide